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Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Head-to-Head Stats Comparison

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Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Head-to-Head Stats

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per Game

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	16	16	42.1	9.3	18.6	8.6	17.4	0.6	1.2	4.1	4.9	2.6	8.8	11.4	6.6	1.9	0.6	2.5	2.6	23.2
2	James Worthy	16	13	34.0	8.8	16.6	8.8	16.1	0.0	0.4	2.8	3.8	1.9	3.4	5.3	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	3.0	20.3

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	2P	2PA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	19	19	42.1	8.8	19.2	8.3	18.0	0.6	1.2	7.0	8.1	2.8	8.3	11.1	4.6	1.7	1.0	2.9	2.5	25.3
2	James Worthy	19	19	39.3	9.5	16.6	9.5	16.4	0.0	0.2	3.1	4.8	1.9	2.8	4.7	3.1	1.2	0.5	1.9	2.8	22.2

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Totals

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	16	16	673	148	297	.498	138	278	.496	10	19	.526	.515	65	79	.823	.559	41	141	182	105	30	10	40	41	371
2	James Worthy	16	13	544	140	265	.528	140	258	.543	0	7	.000	.528	44	61	.721	.555	30	55	85	43	11	7	24	48	324

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	19	19	800	168	365	.460	157	342	.459	11	23	.478	.475	133	154	.864	.555	53	158	211	88	33	19	56	47	480
2	James Worthy	19	19	746	181	315	.575	181	311	.582	0	4	.000	.575	59	91	.648	.593	36	54	90	59	23	10	36	54	421

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Game Logs

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Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	BPM	+/-
1	Larry Bird	BOS	1991-11-29	*	41	8	17	.471	7	15	.467	1	2	.500	5	6	.833	.560	1	9	10	7	2	1	0	2	22	23.1	10.5
2	James Worthy	LAL	1991-11-29	*	39	11	24	.458	11	23	.478	0	1	.000	5	8	.625	.491	1	2	3	4	0	1	3	2	27	14.4	-0.4
3	Larry Bird	BOS	1991-02-15	*	40	4	16	.250	3	13	.231	1	3	.333	2	2	1.000	.326	0	11	11	11	2	0	2	1	11	12.0	2.5
4	James Worthy	LAL	1991-02-15	*	41	10	19	.526	10	18	.556	0	1	.000	3	6	.500	.531	1	4	5	5	0	0	3	0	23	14.9	2.6
5	Larry Bird	BOS	1990-02-18	*	46	9	17	.529	9	17	.529	0	0		2	2	1.000	.559	0	7	7	7	1	0	4	2	20	14.9	-2.3
6	James Worthy	LAL	1990-02-18	*	42	12	26	.462	12	26	.462	0	0		1	2	.500	.465	3	4	7	5	1	0	0	3	25	17.8	1.2
7	Larry Bird	BOS	1989-12-15	*	43	9	27	.333	8	25	.320	1	2	.500	2	2	1.000	.377	3	9	12	2	3	0	5	3	21	8.7	-7.4
8	James Worthy	LAL	1989-12-15	*	35	13	19	.684	13	18	.722	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	.704	0	5	5	2	0	0	2	5	28	18.8	1.3
9	Larry Bird	BOS	1988-02-14	*	40	8	22	.364	8	22	.364	0	0		9	11	.818	.466	5	12	17	4	0	1	5	2	25	16.8	-0.6
10	James Worthy	LAL	1988-02-14	*	32	5	10	.500	5	9	.556	0	1	.000	0	0		.500	1	1	2	3	2	0	3	2	10	6.3	-5.4
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Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Player Comparison

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per Game

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	38.4	9.6	19.3	.496	8.9	17.4	.509	0.7	1.9	.376	.514	4.4	5.0	.886	2.0	8.0	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.1	2.5	24.3
2	James Worthy	21-32	1982-83	1993-94	926	717	32.4	7.4	14.3	.521	7.3	13.7	.532	0.1	0.5	.241	.525	2.6	3.4	.769	1.7	3.4	5.1	3.0	1.1	0.7	2.0	2.1	17.6

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	42.0	8.9	18.8	.472	8.4	17.3	.485	0.5	1.5	.321	.485	5.5	6.2	.890	2.2	8.1	10.3	6.5	1.8	0.9	3.1	2.8	23.8
2	James Worthy	22-31	1983-84	1992-93	143	117	37.0	8.9	16.3	.544	8.8	15.8	.554	0.1	0.5	.209	.547	3.3	4.6	.727	1.8	3.4	5.2	3.2	1.2	0.7	2.1	2.5	21.1

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Totals

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	34443	8591	17334	.496	7942	15607	.509	649	1727	.376	.514	3960	4471	.886	.564	1757	7217	8974	5695	1556	755	2816	2279	21791
2	James Worthy	21-32	1982-83	1993-94	926	717	30001	6878	13204	.521	6761	12718	.532	117	486	.241	.525	2447	3184	.769	.559	1561	3147	4708	2791	1041	624	1859	1975	16320

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	6886	1458	3090	.472	1378	2841	.485	80	249	.321	.485	901	1012	.890	.551	360	1323	1683	1062	296	145	506	466	3897
2	James Worthy	22-31	1983-84	1992-93	143	117	5297	1267	2329	.544	1253	2262	.554	14	67	.209	.547	474	652	.727	.578	257	490	747	463	177	96	298	352	3022

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per 36 Minutes

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	9.0	18.1	.496	8.3	16.3	.509	0.7	1.8	.376	4.1	4.7	.886	.6	1.8	7.5	9.4	6.0	1.6	0.8	2.9	2.4	22.8
2	James Worthy	21-32	1982-83	1993-94	8.3	15.8	.521	8.1	15.3	.532	0.1	0.6	.241	2.9	3.8	.769	.6	1.9	3.8	5.6	3.3	1.2	0.7	2.2	2.4	19.6

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	7.6	16.2	.472	7.2	14.9	.485	0.4	1.3	.321	4.7	5.3	.890	.6	1.9	6.9	8.8	5.6	1.5	0.8	2.6	2.4	20.4
2	James Worthy	22-31	1983-84	1992-93	8.6	15.8	.544	8.5	15.4	.554	0.1	0.5	.209	3.2	4.4	.727	.6	1.7	3.3	5.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	2.0	2.4	20.5

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per 100 Possessions

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	11.9	24.1	.496	11.0	21.7	.509	0.9	2.4	.376	5.5	6.2	.886	.6	2.4	10.0	12.5	7.9	2.2	1.0	3.9	3.2	30.3	115	101
2	James Worthy	21-32	1982-83	1993-94	11.1	21.3	.521	10.9	20.5	.532	0.2	0.8	.241	4.0	5.1	.769	.6	2.5	5.1	7.6	4.5	1.7	1.0	3.0	3.2	26.3	112	108

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Per 100 Possessions Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	ORtg	DRtg
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	10.5	22.2	.472	9.9	20.4	.485	0.6	1.8	.321	6.5	7.3	.890	.6	2.6	9.5	12.1	7.6	2.1	1.0	3.6	3.3	28.0	114	104
2	James Worthy	22-31	1983-84	1992-93	11.8	21.6	.544	11.6	21.0	.554	0.1	0.6	.209	4.4	6.1	.727	.6	2.4	4.6	6.9	4.3	1.6	0.9	2.8	3.3	28.1	116	111

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Advanced

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	897	870	34443	23.5	.564	5.9	14.5	24.7	2.2	1.2	12.7	26.5	86.8	59.0	145.8	.203	5.1	1.8	6.9	77.2
2	James Worthy	21-32	1982-83	1993-94	926	717	30001	17.7	.559	6.2	8.9	14.0	1.7	1.2	11.3	22.9	51.5	29.7	81.2	.130	2.0	-0.1	1.9	29.2

Larry Bird vs. James Worthy: Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	MP	PER	TS%	ORB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48	OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Larry Bird	23-35	1979-80	1991-92	164	95	6886	21.4	.551	6.0	13.9	23.7	2.1	1.2	12.5	24.8	13.8	11.1	24.8	.173	5.4	1.5	6.9	15.4
2	James Worthy	22-31	1983-84	1992-93	143	117	5297	18.3	.578	5.9	8.1	13.5	1.6	1.0	10.2	23.5	9.6	5.2	14.8	.135	2.9	-0.1	2.9	6.5

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Game data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. Regular season: PTS, FG, FT, 3P complete all-time. FTA complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST, PF, GS over 99% complete back to 1975-76. MP over 99% complete back to 1976-77. +/- complete back to 1996-97. All other box score stats (3PA, ORB, DRB, STL, BLK, TOV) complete back to 1983-84. Playoffs: PTS, FG, FT, FTA, 3P, 3PA complete all-time. PF complete back to 1948-49. FGA, TRB, AST complete back to 1962-63. GS complete back to 1973-74. MP complete back to 1974-75. +/- complete back to 1996-97. STL, BLK, TOV complete back to 1982-83. ORB, DRB complete back to 1983-84. BPM not available for WNBA & ABA.

Season data: since 1946-47 unless otherwise noted. All box score stats are covered all-time (though not all stats were tracked for all of NBA history). PER since 1951-52. AST% since 1964-65. TRB% since 1970-71. BPM, VORP, DRtg and Per 100 Poss stats since 1973-74. ORtg since 1977-78. GS since 1981-82. Some stats were available earlier in the ABA. WNBA all-time (since 1997) unless otherwise noted. BPM and VORP not available for WNBA.

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